Ghazal
न उस का भेद यारी से न अय्यारी से हाथ आया
This ghazal reflects on the idea that divine mysteries and the true essence of the beloved cannot be grasped through deceit or mere worldly affection, but through profound vigilance of the heart. It underscores that reaching one's ultimate spiritual destination requires genuine mindfulness, wisdom, and inner awareness.
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1
न उस का भेद यारी से न अय्यारी से हाथ आया
ख़ुदा आगाह है दिल की ख़बरदारी से हाथ आया
Nor through friendship nor by cunning was that secret attained; God is witness, only through the heart's vigilance was it gained.
That secret was not uncovered through friendship nor achieved by cunning; God is witness, it was gained only through the vigilance of the heart.
2
न हों जिन के ठिकाने होश वो मंज़िल को क्या पहुँचे
कि रस्ता हाथ आया जिस की हुश्यारी से हाथ आया
How can those bereft of wits ever reach their goal? Whoever found the path, found it through vigilance alone.
Those who do not have their wits about them can never reach their destination, because whoever found the path did so only through alertness and wisdom.
3
हुआ हक़ में हमारे क्यूँ सितमगर आसमाँ इतना
कोई पूछे कि ज़ालिम क्या सितमगारी से हाथ आया
Why did the heavens turn so cruel against my humble fate? / Will someone ask the tyrant what this torment gained?
Why did the sky (destiny) become so cruel towards us? Someone should ask the tyrant what it gained from all this oppression.
4
अगरचे माल-ए-दुनिया हाथ भी आया हरीसों के
तो देखा हम ने किस किस ज़िल्लत-ओ-ख़्वारी से हाथ आया
Though the greedy did amass the riches of this world, we saw through what depths of shame and humiliation they were won.
Even if the greedy managed to acquire worldly riches, we saw that it came to their hands only through immense humiliation and disgrace.
5
न कर ज़ालिम दिल-आज़ारी जो ये दिल मंज़ूर है लेना
किसी का दिल जो हाथ आया तो दिलदारी से हाथ आया
Torment not, O cruel one, if to win this heart is your desire; for if ever a heart was truly won, 'twas won through tenderness and grace.
O cruel one, do not hurt my heart if you wish to win it. If anyone has ever won someone's heart, it was only won through kindness and affection.
6
अगरचे ख़ाकसारी कीमिया का सहल नुस्ख़ा है
व-लेकिन हाथ आया जिस के दुश्वारी से हाथ आया
Though humility is an easy recipe for alchemy, yet whoever attained it, attained it only with great hardship.
Although humility seems like an easy formula for alchemy, whoever managed to attain it did so only with great difficulty.
7
हुई हरगिज़ न तेरे चश्म के बीमार को सेह्हत
न जब तक ज़हर तेरे ख़त्त-ए-ज़ंगारी से हाथ आया
Never did the one struck ill by your languid eye find any cure or peace, / Until the poison from the verdigris down of your cheek granted sweet release.
The person who fell ill from your eyes was never cured until he obtained the poison from the greenish down of your cheek.
8
कोई ये वहशी-ए-रम-दीदा तेरे हाथ आया था
पर ऐ सय्याद-वश दिल की गिरफ़्तारी से हाथ आया
Did ever such a flight-shy, wild creature fall into your hands? Yet, O hunter-like beloved, it was captured only through the heart's captivity.
Could such a skittish, wild creature ever have fallen into your hands? Yet, O hunter-like beloved, it was captured only because of the captivity of its heart.
9
'ज़फ़र' जो दो जहाँ में गौहर-ए-मक़्सूद था अपना
जनाब-ए-फ़ख़्र-ए-दीं की वो मदद-गारी से हाथ आया
O Zafar, that cherished pearl of my desire across both worlds was attained at last through the gracious aid of Lord Fakhr-ud-Din.
O Zafar, the pearl of my ultimate purpose across both worlds was achieved only through the generous assistance of Hazrat Fakhr-ud-Din.
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